April 21, 2025internationalForeign PolicyNational SecurityInternational Relations
Five Eyes partners suspend intelligence sharing after Trump threatens NATO Article 5
Intelligence-sharing partners within the Five Eyes alliance — the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand — partially suspended cooperation with U.S. agencies after Trump administration officials made public statements undermining NATO's Article 5 mutual defense commitment. The suspension marked the most significant rupture in the decades-old intelligence alliance and signaled broad allied concern about U.S. reliability.